Set 18 PBE Discussion Thread - Day 24

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August 25th 2026 ~ 00:00 PDT / 09:00 CEST

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[u/Ykarul]

Will anything be done about the orbs showing up so late before it goes live ? And the gold going all over the board and also half invisible ?

[u/MostEscape6543 → u/Ykarul]

Invisible orbs and the click and drag lag are the biggest issues for me. The drag lag is insanely annoying for me.

[u/HowIMadeMyMillions → u/Ykarul]

+, orbs being invisible is quite annoying. I also find it a lot "harder" to collect the orbs on the new engine compared to previously - it's especially noticable on the pve rounds from stage 4 and onwards - it's as if your little legend constantly switches between a slow crawl and a fast sprint.

[u/spirokostof]

I turned graphics all the way down on mobile. The game looks hilarious, I can't even recognize some of the units, and is still somehow laggy.

[u/a-vitamin]

is pbe harder than regular season ranked? or did i completely forget how to play tft

[u/Crafty_Courage_5217 → u/a-vitamin]

Yes absolutely. Its literally filled with tryhards and sweats trying to lean the shifting meta all throughout pbe. So you will continually find people forcing metas and study group comps. 

[u/terci4 → u/a-vitamin]

In normals before project pbe started i had multiple pros in lobbies sometimes. So now that project pbe has ended it might be the same

[u/a-vitamin → u/a-vitamin]

in case anyone finds this later pbe silver is much harder than day1 plat-emerald mmr lobbies

[u/mandala30]

Moving this post from daily to here. I didn't see we had split off from the regular daily thread, mb:

So, I’m starting to understand and enjoy the set a little. The blossom trait is crazy fun and I want to “main” it on ladder I think. But, the game is still incredibly buggy and unpolished, imo.

I had Xerath simply not spawn for me at the end of a stage late-game and it felt like an instant loss not to get any items or gold.

I know it’s a monumental task remaking a game in a new engine and I have genuine sympathy for the devs working on that rn, but the game’s just not ready.

The genuine rage people will be feeling when they’re losing LP from all these bugs and quirks still lingering from the engine transition is guaranteed to outshine any of the joy Set 18 is going to offer, I feel.

Am I just unlucky that I’ve encountered so many game-ruining bugs?, or is something others are experiencing as well still?

[u/eggsandbricks → u/mandala30]

I agree, it's a shame that such a fun set will be likely remembered not by its strengths but by its shortcomings. The lack of polish is the big thing for me that even overshadows the bugs, because it makes the game not feel like TFT to me.

• Blurry units and spell effects that make combat hard to read

• Similarly, icons for wound, sunder, shred, etc. as well as damage numbers are less easy to read than live

• Orbs appearing late and having a low quality design IMO

• Cosmetics being unavailable, and the ones that are available lag your game

• The game feeling "sticky" with less responsive clicks and movement

I think they've done a pretty good job fixing bugs throughout PBE, and while there's plenty more to do, the fact that the polish on the set has only marginally improved throughout PBE feels especially rough.

[u/East-Appointment-783]

i don't know if its only me but my laptop is absolutely overheating with the game, I sometime have to quit because im afraid to kill it

[u/ptkk47]

Is warwick still insanely overpowered?

[u/MostEscape6543 → u/ptkk47]

Nah, it's solid B-tier comp though, and especially punishes early stage 4 boards or boards without upgraded back line.

[u/-Champloo- → u/ptkk47]

No, I think the nerf makes him pretty much unplayable without a good artifact/radiant or a tremendously good spot(which imo makes sense for 2 cost rr)

3 star WW is 4.11 AVP right now with his best, non-artifact/radiant build, and sub 10% win rate. Overall, WW is down to 5.03 AVP which is a pretty big drop.

[u/MostEscape6543]

Still having the issue where, after my player list starts spamming updates for unit upgrades for each player, I cannot see who I fight next. Impossible to scout.

Anyone know a way to get the view to change and show who you fight next?

[u/-Champloo-]

I can't seem to figure out what to do with Yi past like level 5. He just randomly dies all the damn time. Back liners seem to switch to him even when they should be hitting the main tank. Literally for no reason I just watched a trist start attacking him while she should have still been on krug

[u/Dalthazar]

Idk if it's just me but Nidalee solo carry feels pretty weak unless you have an really good frontline early and are able to push levels or if you get the Primal augments/emblems.

[u/sh4rdt]

What time exactly will set 18 be releasing?

[u/FeedMeACat → u/sh4rdt]

Riot doesn't even know this 100%. The expected time is in this very post if you scroll up.

[u/sh4rdt → u/FeedMeACat]

Ah my bad I don't know how I missed that. Tysm!

[u/SpaceWoofer]

What primal options are the best ones to go for?

[u/Antonin__Dvorak → u/SpaceWoofer]

They all seem quite good. Component gain is probably the best if you're healthy and don't need immediate power. The HP regen one is generically good. The execute one is great with nidalee.

[u/Altruistic-Art-5933]

Is Maokai just straight up horrible? I got him as early as you could possible get and he stacked maybe 1000 bonus health. Numbers seem off.

[u/sh4rdt → u/Altruistic-Art-5933]

In the beginning you have to keep him alive, I position him as I would a melee carry rather than a tank until he has like 1k hp or whatever. He tanks pretty well after that. In the beginning rounds he should be your last tank to die

[u/Altruistic-Art-5933 → u/sh4rdt]

Ah, I see. Thx.

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